Abstract
The purpose of this study was (a) to determine the reliability associated with school-age children's judgments of vocal roughness, (b) to obtain normal-abnormal cut-off values for these judgments, and (c) to compare children's ratings to adult clinician ratings of the same samples. Ten first, third, and fifth-grade children's ratings of normal and simulated abnormally rough vowel /a/ productions are described. Pupil ratings of normalcy and degree of severity are presented. Findings indicated that these judgments differentiated both degree and type of vowel roughness with inter and intrajudge reliability commensurate with that of graduate and postgraduate clinicians. These findings suggest a level of listening sophistication in children that is potentially useful, but not currently exploited, in most voice therapy programs.
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